The Places Where Men Pray Together
Subtitle: Cities in Islamic Lands, Seventh through the Tenth Centuries
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: December 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 576
ISBN-13: 9780226894287
Subjects: Architecture; Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 500 to c 1500; Urban communities; c 500 CE to c 1000 CE; Islamic Government; Urban History; Religion; Sociology; History: World; ASIA; Islam - General; Sociology - Urban; Social Science / Sociology / Urban; General; Men's Studies - General; Cities and towns; Islamic countries; Urbanization
First sentence: The imprint of Islam on urban life and form in the Middle East can be traced to events that took place in the seventh century on the fringe of one of the most highly urbanized regions of the ancient world.